From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING,FAKE_REPLY_A1, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from sm10.texas.rr.com (sm10.texas.rr.com [24.93.35.222]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A55DAC7EE for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 11:19:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: from beige (cs2416243-51.houston.rr.com [24.162.43.51]) by sm10.texas.rr.com (8.12.0.Beta16/8.12.0.Beta16) with ESMTP id g78GJrTA001325 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 11:19:53 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Directory create in ebuilds] From: oford To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.7 Date: 08 Aug 2002 11:13:31 -0500 Message-Id: <1028823211.4562.15.camel@beige> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 0d3bba7a-ac44-47f7-a6de-92d87bfe5655 X-Archives-Hash: 02f5f7c9b32d57b770b2e7b7613316f8 Try www.python.orgdoc/current/tut/tut.html it will get you up to speed pretty fast. Also look at http://devshed.com site. I have found plenty of useful things ther. /usr/local/sbin/owen > On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 23:09, Charles Lacour wrote: > > On Wednesday 07 August 2002 18:17, Marius Bernklev wrote: > > > Mark Guertin writes: > > > > On Wednesday 07 August 2002 23:11, Marius Bernklev wrote: > > > >> > you can also look at: > > > >> > man 5 ebuild > > > >> ...which is in dire need of updating. As is the howto on http. > > > > Does that mean you're volunteering? :P > > > > > > Oops. Oh well, at least python is easy to read. :) > > > > > > > > > Marius > > > > _I'll_ volunteer to (re)write it, if someone will give me a boost up the > > learning curve with Python. > > > > I want to write some ebuilds myself, but I lack the time to figure out Python > > cold. I quit learning (most) new languages about the time object-oriented > > proogramming started up. The explanations of OOP in the early days were... > > cryptic? Obtuse? A tangled bunch of gobbledygook? Something in that general > > direction... Anyway, I wasn't working as a programmer, so I dropped out of > > the "Language of the Month" club. > > > > What I've seen of Python looks pretty easy, but there are some basic concepts > > I don't have, and trying to reason backward to them from somebody else's code > > hasn't worked too well. > > > > I'd also like to get (and am willing to pay for with documentation of same) > > an explanation of what exactly it is that sandbox does. (And probably a > > couple of other pieces of portage.) > > > > I know it keeps things from messing with the real filesystem, but _how_, > > specifically? It's much harder to figure out why you're having a problem > > with something when you have no idea what it's doing. > > > > Since quasi-teaching somebody a language via email and such is not real high > > on many people's list of fun things to do, I'll also put in a request for any > > good online tutorials on doing Python. (And if the doc for portage still > > needs to be done once I've mastered it, I'll be willing to help.) > > _______________________________________________ > > gentoo-dev mailing list > > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > > > >